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Civil War Vocab2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chloraform | liquid drug used to put wounded soldiers to sleep during the Civil War |
| Confederacy | alliance of 11 Southern states to form the CSA |
| Contraband | good illegally traded during the Civil War |
| Copperhead | Northern Democrat who agreed with Southern Secession and wanted peace during the war |
| Deploy | to spread out armies to create a battle line |
| Desertion | to leave one's military post, or to run away from battle, often punishable by death |
| Dixie | slang term for the confederacy |
| Draft | selection of citizens for mandatory military service |
| Drill | process of instructing recruits how to march and practice the military arts as a unit |
| Dysentary | often fatal disease of the human intestines |